What Happened In March 1900 - Historical Events 1900 March

Historical Events for March, 1900

7th » The Germany German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send Wireless telegraphy wireless signals to shore.
13th » Second Boer War: United Kingdom or British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
14th » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
16th » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age List of archaeological sites sorted by country named archaeological site on Crete.
24th » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "New York City Subway named Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

2nd » Harri Moora, Estonian archeologist and academic (d. 1968)
2nd » Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (d. 1969)
2nd » Kurt Weill, German-American composer (d. 1950)
4th » Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (d. 1971)
6th » Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975)
6th » Henri Jeanson, French author and journalist (d. 1970)
6th » Gina Cigna, French-Italian opera singer (d. 2001)
7th » Evald Aav, Estonian composer (d. 1939)
8th » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I (d. 1973)
9th » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (d. 1948)
10th » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (d. 1943)
13th » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
19th » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
23rd » Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980)
28th » Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)
29th » Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974)
29th » John McEwen, Australian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
31st » Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974)

6th » Gottlieb Daimler, German businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
19th » John Bingham, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)
19th » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
29th » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)